"Busting Biology's Myths" with Can Aztekin, Max Planck Research Group Leader in Structural Regeneration at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society. Can Aztekin's research focuses on the potential for mammalian limb regeneration. Timecodes 0:00 - Intro 0:17 - Myth 1: “Regeneration is just about genetics — it's all in our DNA.” 1:12 - Myth 2: “Humans can't regenerate lost limbs because we don't have the ‘right’ genes.” 1:57 - Myth 3: “Regeneration is ‘magic’ — frogs and lizards are just more special than us.” 2:57 - Myth 4: “If we could regenerate limbs, it would be easy to just ‘turn it on.’” 4:30 - Myth 5: “Regeneration is the same as healing.” 5:11 - Myth 6: “Human limb regeneration is science fiction.” For more information on Can Aztekin's work, visit his lab page: https://www.fml.tuebingen.mpg.de/63796/aztekin-lab

"Busting Biology's Myths" with John Weir, Max Planck Research Group Leader in Structural Biochemistry of Meiosis at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society. In his research, John Weir is looking at how chromosomes are properly linked and separated when a cell divides to create sex cells, like sperm and eggs. He's especially interested in the process of meiosis. To do this, he's taking a close look at how DNA breaks and repairs itself during the very first stage of this division. Timecodes 0:00 - Intro 0:32 - Myth 1: "You get half your DNA from each parent, and therefore a 1/4 from each grandparent." 1:33 - Myth 2: “Young people are fertile, old people are infertile.” 2:15 - Myth 3: “DNA is a fixed, unchanging code.” 3:08 - Myth 4: “You start generating sperm and eggs at puberty.” 4:03 - Myth 5: “Making a baby is just about a sperm meeting an egg – simple as that!” 5:10 Myth 6: “Natural selection is about survival of the strongest.” For more information on John Weir's work, visit his lab page: https://www.fml.tuebingen.mpg.de/31429/weir-lab

"Busting Biology's Myths" with Luisa Pallares, Max Planck Research Group Leader in Evolutionary Genomics of Complex Traits at the Friedrich Miescher Laboratory of the Max Planck Society. Luisa Pallares' research focuses on Drosophila (fruit fly) genomics, particularly in terms of its relevance to human health and evolution. Timecodes 0:00 - Intro 0:23 - Myth 1: “Fruit flies are just annoying pests –their brains are too simple to tell us anything.” 1:37 - Myth 2: “Studying tiny flies can't tell us anything useful about big human diseases like diabetes.” 3:14 - Myth 3: “Evolution takes millions of years to observe – that’s impossible to research in a lab experiment.” 4:57 - Myth 4: “All flies are the same – they're just, well, flies!” 6:03 Myth 6: “Natural selection is about survival of the strongest.” For more information on Luisa Pallares's work, visit her lab page: https://www.fml.tuebingen.mpg.de/9004/pallares-lab

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An overview of the Environment Agency's work managing incident response in Thames area. Discover how we work with our partners and help communities to prepare for, respond to and recover from the impacts of flooding. This is aimed at children and young people and those completing their Duke of Cornwall Community Safety award.

This is the first of a series of videos that explains why the Environment Agency is looking into a large scale approach to managing flood risk across the whole of the Thames Valley.

In this video we introduce the Thames Valley Flood Scheme and the approaches we are considering to manage flooding across the Thames Valley. We describe a 3 layered approach to managing flood risk, where the Scheme is the third layer which overlays and complements the existing measures in place or planned at the home and community levels.

In this video we explore the history of flooding in the Thames Valley. We look at changes that have taken place over the years in the way we manage flood risk.

With climate change we are expecting to see more extreme weather, including heavy rainfall. This will lead to larger and more frequent flooding. This video uses animation to help visualise this.

In this video we look at the impacts that flooding has on people’s lives. This includes both physical and mental health impacts as well as indirect disruption through services such as roads and the internet being affected.

Reducing eutrophication and pollution runoff in rural areas of the Thames Valley - Environment Agency and Catchment Based Approach (catchmentbasedapproach.org)

Greening and reducing pollution in urban areas - Environment Agency and Catchment Based Approach (catchmentbasedapproach.org)

Wey River Fishpass and Wetland Delivery (Wey FWD) project launch - Environment Agency and Surrey Wildlife Trust